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    The predictive volcanic eruption is achieved through testing the tremors before emitting magma. Tsunami belong to oceanography‚ because of it is caused by a storm or undersea earthquake wave with noise phenomenon. However‚ volcano is belongs to geography‚ geomorphology‚ and volcanology. The famous Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 killed 230‚000 people that from 14 countries (Tsunami Predicctions‚ Tsunami 2012‚ p. online)‚ and 92‚000 victims died due to the Mount Tambora volcanic eruption in 1815 (The

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    40 meters (over 120 feet) above sea level‚ killing more than 36‚000 people in coastal towns and villages along the Straits of Probe islands of Java and Sumatra. Tsunami waves were recorded and observed throughout the Indian Ocean‚ the

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    my 1st assessment I am going to be looking how the Tsunami on December 26th 2004 affected tourism in Thailand. I will recount the details of the tsunami‚ followed by personal opinion on how the scale of the disaster could have been avoided. I will then quote facts and evidence using newspaper/ hotel reports and then summarise my findings. The Indian Ocean Tsunami on December 26th 2004 was caused by an underwater earthquake and was one of the worst natural disasters to ever hit Thailand‚ causing major

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    1. Introduction The Republic of Maldives is a gathering of 1192 small islands in the Indian Pacific Ocean. A total of 88 uninhabited islands had been converted into exclusive resort islands (MTPB‚ 2008).The development of tourism has been growing rapidly in the last 20 years and tourism is the main‚ and almost only source of revenue and foreign exchange on the island today. Small island states and dependencies are over represented as tourist destinations and often have very little other form

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    5 Introduction Natural disaster is a phenomenon that happens naturally‚ threatening the humans ’ lives and damaging the properties. On Friday‚ 11 March 2011 at 14:46:23 JST‚ a 9.0 magnitude earthquake happened under the sea of Japan and cause a tsunami with height 133 feet in Tōhoku. It caused thousands of people to die‚ injured and missing‚ and damaging

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    Emergency Planning and Crisis Management for Airport Business Summary The recent increase of sudden natural disasters have impacted heavily on the aviation industry resulted in delays‚ congestions‚ confusions‚ customer dissatisfaction and even revenue loss. Most Airports believed they are adequately prepared for unforeseen adverse events. The truth is that many are not. If you do not have carefully designed and rehearsed procedures and structures

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    between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. The San Andreas Fault is the most famous fault in the world. It is about ten miles deep. The San Andreas Fault caused the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. It is a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that measures XI on the Mercalli scale. The earthquake killed over 3‚000 people‚ and about 80% of San Francisco was destroyed. The San Andreas Fault moves just over an inch a year‚ a foot each decade. The San Andreas

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    : Focus through a differentiation Environmental Analysis Sociocultural Factors Terrorist attacks September 11‚2001 and the Bali bombings The SARS outbreak of 2003 Economic and Natural Factors The Asian Financial Crisi of 1997 The Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 Porter’s Five Forces Model Customer Buying Power Tends to be moderate Customers are few in number High buying power Few readily avaible Supplier Bargaining Power Tends to be high Due to the unique locations and high quality

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    Hundreds are dead after the worst earthquake in generations struck off the northeast coast of Japan on 11th March‚ setting off a devastating tsunami that swallowed swaths of coastal territory and fanned out across the Pacific Ocean‚ threatening everything in its path. The 8.9-magnitude earthquake -- the fifth-largest in the world since 1900 and the biggest in Japan in 140 years -- struck at 2:46 p.m. local time‚ shaking buildings violently in Tokyo for several minutes and sending millions fleeing

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    68 degree 7’ E and 97 degree 25’ E  India is divided into almost two equal parts by the Tropic of Cancer (23 degree 30’ N).  Andaman and Nicobar Islands are situated towards the Southeast of the Indian mainland in the Bay of Bengal.  Lakshadweep Islands are situated towards the Southwest of the Indian mainland in the Arabian Sea.  Size  Seventh largest country in the world  India’s total area is 2.4% of the total geographical area of the world.  Area of India: 3.28 million square km.  Land

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